Health Status: The health of an individual or population measured against an identifiable standard (PDHPE Syllabus)
Role of Epidemiology Epidemiology: The study of patterns of health and the distribution and frequency of disease, illness and injury in a society.
Measures Of Epidemiology morbidity - (sickness) refers to the patterns of illness in a population group. mortality - refers to the number of deaths in a population group over a period of time &/or from a particular cause.
infant mortality - the number of deaths in the first year of life per 1000 births. life expectancy - the number of years of life remaining at any given age. This is normally reported from birth. Australia's life expectancy at birth is 83.3 years for females and 78.5 years for males (from 2008 AIHW report).
What can Epidemiology Tell Us?
Monitor major causes of sickness and death (morbidity and mortality)
Identify areas that need attention
Determine priority areas for government funding
Monitor use of health facilities
Evaluate the effectiveness of programs
Who uses Epidemiology?
Policy developers in the government
Manufacturers of health products
Providers of health services
Individuals
Do they measure everything about health status? Epidemiology fails to:
Explain why health inequities exist
Recognise the sociocultural influences on health behaviours
Role of Epidemiology
Epidemiology: The study of patterns of health and the distribution and frequency of disease, illness and injury in a society.
Measures Of Epidemiology
morbidity - (sickness) refers to the patterns of illness in a population group.
mortality - refers to the number of deaths in a population group over a period of time &/or from a particular cause.
infant mortality - the number of deaths in the first year of life per 1000 births.
life expectancy - the number of years of life remaining at any given age. This is normally reported from birth. Australia's life expectancy at birth is 83.3 years for females and 78.5 years for males (from 2008 AIHW report).
What can Epidemiology Tell Us?
- Monitor major causes of sickness and death (morbidity and mortality)
- Identify areas that need attention
- Determine priority areas for government funding
- Monitor use of health facilities
- Evaluate the effectiveness of programs
Who uses Epidemiology?Do they measure everything about health status?
Epidemiology fails to: